Multiple music genres and community spirit filled the West Acton air at last Saturday’s event.
The littlest rocker, Max Wasser-Falkenstein, and Concordian Jason Krompinger, right, on guitar entertain the crowd listening to GhostGuard.
Under bright sunshine last Saturday, multiple music genres and community spirit filled the West Acton air as this year’s event featured dozens of acts at 22 venues.
Photos by Edward Feather
Marked in Chalk, a band with members from CCHS, serenades the crowd.Lauren Brown talks with friends on a break from her drumming duties for all-female Acton band Mediocre Mike.Rory Best, saxophonist for The Roarettes, dedicates a song to his mom. The band members, including Max Booth on drums, are CCHS schoolmates.Vocalist/guitarist Matt Thompson is at home at the microphone — and on his porch — as he fronts Main Central Prairie.Infinite Monkeys play for a multigenerational audience, all hailing from Acton — children Grace and Clayton Kiszely and Cora and Isla Hsu enjoying the lawn seats, with Jane Fleming standing at right.Beat Wellington, featuring bassist Daniel Edelman of Acton and guitarist/vocalist KK Gordon treated fans at 31 Derby Street to a repertoire of mostly original tunes.Nile Ziemba of Acton grooves on saxophone for Soul Jazz Syndicate on the Acton Youth Theater patio.Sarah Whitney of Acton plays violin in the Acton Conservatory of Music labyrinth.Meilynn Teng fronts for the Funky Sock Puppets.Concordian Mark Boasberg (right) pauses his bicycling to join a tree-shaded crowd listening to the Funky Sock Puppets, a band featuring Acton-Carlisle schoolmates.
